Electronic Resumes
Electronic resume samples, examples, templates and formats are linked below,
along with posting (pasting into online forms) and writing tips. Includes electronic
resume templates you may download for free.
Electronic resume means that an otherwise-traditional paper resume
is properly prepared for electronically storing, distributing, tracking and searching
via the applicant-tracking software many job banks, employers and recruiters
use these days.
To have the best chance at landing interviews, you must know how to format your
electronic resume to take advantage of the software.
The four most practical reasons for creating an electronic resume are listed
below.
1) So you may post (paste) the contents into online resume
forms, such as at job banks and employer sites.
2) So you may paste the contents into email to send electronically
to employers and recruiters.
3) So you may hire a resume
distribution service to do both of the above for you.
4) So employers may easily scan the paper version of your electronic
resume into applicant-tracking software, using optical scanners.
Other names for an electronic resume include:
- ASCII (pronounced "as-key")
- Email
- E-resume
- Scannable
- Keyword
- Plain-text (.txt file type)
Regardless of whether your electronic resume is in a chronological, functional,
combination or technical format, it's the layout,
fonts and keywords that count most for scanners and applicant-tracking software.
That's what the links below are about.
See the Resume and Letter Center for
scannable resume writing tips and samples from certified, professional writers.
See also Resume Books, Resume
Writing Software, Resume
Writing Services and Resume
Distribution Services.
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Tips for a Better Electronic Resume
The creators of the Resume Maker brand of resume-generating
software, offer these tips for composing an electronic resume (or any resume
for that matter), with or without their software.
Advice
and Samples
Scannable resume writing tips with samples. Includes lots of resume writing tips
and samples for other styles too. Free from a professional resume writing service.
See Resume Writing Services for
more.
Consolidated Resume Writing Tips
If instead of piecing together resume writing tips from the Web, you'd prefer
them all in one place with plenty of samples and examples, consider buying
a good book on the topic. Click the link above for a list of good books.
Scannable Resume Design
Formatting and writing tips with a link to samples,
in our Resume and Letter Center.
Download
Entry Level Resume Template
Resume templates for many different majors in a choice of file formats, including
plain text for electronic uses. Download for free from CollegeGrad.com, which
caters to college students and recent grads.
Electronic
Resume Example
Plain and simple, as it's supposed to be. It's scannable and also suitable for
posting into job-bank forms and pasting into email.
Electronic
Resume Sample
A sample of a plain-text format that'll work well for email, job-bank posting
and optical scanning.
Electronic Resume Samples
"After" samples of electronic resumes (scannable) improved by certified,
professional, resume writers. Part of our Resume
and Letter Center mentioned earlier on this page.
Electronic Resume Writing Software
Discover the easy, inexpensive way to write both the electronic and traditional
versions of your resume. Some of these software packages also help you to easily
create a Web-based resume, email and broadcast your electronic resume, job
search multiple employment sites at once, write electronic and traditional
employment business letters, organize interviewing, networking and job fair
appointments, and even practice interviewing.
Scannable
Resume Format
Guidelines for preparing your resume so employers can easily transfer it optically
into a computer database (applicant-tracking software). Also includes tips for
sending your resume in email or posting it in job-bank resume forms in ASCII
(plain text).
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